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World Service,23 Sep 2026,49 mins

Trump's threat to annihilate Iran

Newsday

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At a speech at the United Nations General Assembly the US President Donald Trump warned that he could annihilate Iran if there is no deal to end the war, but also suggested an agreement ​could come soon amid a diplomatic push at the United Nations. Later the President confirmed his team had held a three hour meeting with senior Iranian officials on the sidelines of the Assembly. We speak to a resident of Gaza and look at claims made by the UN body for Palestininian refugees that the majority of the buildings on the stripe are uninhabitable. And we speak to the Djibouti minister for the Economy to see how his country is coping with an influx of refugees from the war in Yemen. Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy. (Photo: US President Donald Trump participates in a multilateral meeting with leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council. Credit: Kylie Cooper/Reuters).

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